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Smart Teams, 2nd Edition

July 2023

Beginner to intermediate

256 pages

3h 58m

English

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Can you relate?Productivity problems at the team levelWe create friction rather than flow
Are you selfish?Are you selfless?Or do you serve?
Productivity frictionPoor productivity behavioursFriction vs flow culturesBeyond personal productivityLevel 1: DISRUPTIVELevel 2: PASSIVELevel 3: PRODUCTIVELevel 4: COLLABORATIVELevel 5: SUPERPRODUCTIVE
We are purposefulWe are mindfulWe are punctualWe are reliable

Get specific to change behavioursWhat is a productivity principle?Generating principles for your teamFlipping problems into principlesMake this a priority for your team
Why this?Why them?Why now?Why here?
Email overloadAlternatives to emailFour communication toolsA more thoughtful approach to communicationsPlanning effective communications (why)Writing effective communications (what)Sending effective communications (who)Noise reduction strategies
What's wrong with our meeting culture?Let's aim for 100 per cent fewer meetings25 per cent fewer meetings25 per cent shorter meeting durations25 per cent fewer participants25 per cent less time wastedMake your meetings more effectiveRunning an awesome meetingMindful interruptionsAre all agenda items the same?Focus your meeting with an agendaMake online meetings work
Alignment, agreement and awarenessProject collaboration: make them visibleThe best tool for the job
Managing urgencyDeveloping an active mindsetNegotiating our workloadsDelegating in the right way
Create ripplesThe role of leadership on this journey
Project 1: Productivity principlesProject 2: Interruption reductionProject 3: Dial down the urgencyProject 4: Meeting dietProject 5: Meeting agendaProject 6: Turn down the noiseProject 7: Pull versus pushProject 8: The projects project